Nawaz undergoes medical tests

LAHORE: PML-N Quaid and former premier Nawaz Sharif was again brought to the Sharif Medical City on Friday where a special medical board comprising senior doctors of cardiology, nephrology, urology, medicine and surgery examined him. Nawaz was subjected to detailed evaluation in the presence of his personal physician Dr Adnan Khan. The doctors conducted various tests of Nawaz and asked him to visit again on Monday (April 15) for the remaining evaluation of some recurring issues.

Despite several clinical tests and detailed evaluation of reports, experts have yet to decide a future treatment plan with reference to the possibility of treatment during six weeks allowed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

During the course of previous testing, Echocardiogram detected alarmingly less blood supply to upper portion of neck and brain. As per doctors, 43 per cent less blood supply to neck and brain could prove dangerous. Doctors had also carried out MRI of heart and kidneys, doppler study for assessing blood flow in arteries and to different parts of the body. The CT Scan of chest and backbone and computed tomography of kidneys, ureters and bladder (CT KUB) for assessing the concentration of stones were also performed. Doctors have recommended a Backup Pacemaker and ICD (Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator), a lifesaving device implanted in the body for patients at risk for fatal cardiac Arrhythmias.